Role Of Materialism In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby has shown use how F. Scott Fitzgerald believed what the 1920s was like by how he described the class distinction and by the materialism was portrayed as in the 1920s. Symbolism in the 1920s from the novel background to symbolism in the 1920s in the real times. Jay Gatsby’s image was changed from beginning of the novel to his tragic death in the end of the novel. How Daisy portrayed herself as in the novel to how women truly acted in the 1920s, and how Zelda had some of the same characteristic as Daisy. Class distinction in the novel had three different classes. The first was the poor, the second was the people that inherited their money and the third was the people that had new money. The unfortunate people had to build the railroad tracks, they had to work in car shop and they had to work long hard hours everyday and they …show more content…

Gatsby is new money so he has a desire to let everyone know how rich he is so he throws a lot of parties. Then when he won Daisy he changed his whole staff because he didn’t want anyone to tell about him having an affair with a married woman. Daisy had to wear her best dress when she first went to Jay Gatsby party because she carried about what people thought about her. The most obvious signs of change were the rise of a consumer-oriented economy and of mass entertainment, which helped to bring about a "revolution in morals and manners." Sexual mores, gender roles, hair styles, and dress all changed profoundly during the 1920s.” (History) Materialism in The Great Gatsby was shown when everyone spent their whole lives trying to get nicer clothing, the newest faster car, and who hosted the best parties, and who was the most known person at the parties. Daisy treats her daughter like a pet, because when she is done with the kid she gives her back to the

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